Existing songs with different accompaniment

[franz_]

Hi, for my conservatory I have to write a different piano accompaniment of existing songs. (I can choose the songs (Schumann, Schubert, ... whatever)

Somebody has experience with this or knows where I can find soms examples/ideas ?

Thanks!

[franz_]

Noone? I know it is a strange question but may be someone has something....?

[pianoplayjl]

I seriously don't know what you mean. Please be more specific. Do you mean like arrangements  by other composers? Like Liszt/schumann devotion? I'm very sure you don't mean that.

JL

[franz_]

No. My conservatory ask to write a different accompaniment to an existing song.
So, you take f.e. 'Im wündershönen Monat Mai' from the Dichterliebe by Schumann, you don't touch the melodic line, but you write a different accompaniment. You can even change the harmonies if you like to.

I was wondering if someone had an experience with doing such a things, if they had examples, what they think of the aim of those exercices,...

[nystul]

I wouldn't even think of it as an exercise.  Think of a song that you'd really like to play and arrange it for piano.  You can do just about anything with the accompaniment as long as the style fits and the harmonic structure works.  Personally I like funky bass lines and jazzy chord extensions, but for a Schumann tune maybe not so much...

[keypeg]

I think you are supposed to use the theory you learned and apply it.  Is this school actually giving you the means to do the various things you are asking?  It should not be gotten by looking at examples and copying them (you've had more than one question going in this vein).  I wonder if they are preparing you for the assignments, or whether there are some prerequisites that they assume you have, which maybe you don't.